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Table 1 Comparison of baseline demographics of patients with or without MVI

From: The prognostic value of microvascular invasion in early-intermediate stage hepatocelluar carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis

  

MVI(+)

MVI(−)

p value

n = 204

n = 458

age > 60y

 

37(18.1)

135(29.5)

0.002

Gender(male/female)

 

19/185

72/386

0.028

Positive HBsAg

 

186(91.2)

390(85.2)

0.034

Positive HBV-DNA load(>10^3 IU/ml)

 

97(47.5)

203(44.3)

0.448

AFP(> 400 ng/ml)

 

110(53.9)

179(39.1))

< 0.001

Differentiation

poor

109(53.4)

166(36.2)

< 0.001

well-moderate

95(46.6)

292(63.8)

 

Satellite lesion

 

49(24.0)

37(8.1)

< 0.001

Tumor number**

one

140(68.6)

367(80.1)

< 0.001

two

27(13.2)

62(13.5)

 

more

37(18.1)

29(6.3)

 

Tumor size(cm)

 

7.9 ± 4.0

6.0 ± 3.3

< 0.001*

Ishak score

5–6

139(68.1)

285(62.2)

0.161

0–4

65(31.9)

173(37.8)

 

BCLC classification**

A

144(70.6))

373(81.4)

0.002

B

60(29.4)

85(18.6)

 

Lg10ALT(U/l))

 

1.7 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.3

0.457

Lg10AST(U/l)

 

1.7 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.3

0.007

ALB(g/l)

 

41.4 ± 4.2

41.5 ± 4.4

0.928

TBIL(mmol/l)

 

15.1 ± 7.2

15.1 ± 6.9

0.938

PLR

≥111

87(42.6)

146(31.9)

0.008

< 111

117(57.4)

312(68.1)

 

NLR

≥3

76(37.3)

118(25.8)

0.003

< 3

128(62.7)

340(74.2)

 

Surgery type

extend

44(21.6)

95(20.7)

0.006

major

81(39.7)

130(28.4)

 

minor

79(38.7)

233(50.9)

 

Blood transfusion

 

22(10.8)

28(6.1)

0.039

Recurrence site

intra-hepatic

142(69.6)

238(52.0)

< 0.001

extra-hepatic

26(12.7)

43(9.4)

 

Recurrence treatments

salvage LT

1(0.5)

7(1.5)

< 0.001

re-resection

15(7.4)

33(7.2)

0.066

radiofrequency ablation

9(4.4)

31(6.8)

< 0.001

TACE

72(35.3)

93(20.3)

< 0.001

pallitive therapy

64(31.4)

97(21.2)

< 0.001

  1. *indicates statistically significant, **compared by the Mann–Whitney rank sum test
  2. MVI microvascular invasion, HBsAg hepatitis B virus surface antigen, HBV-DNA hepatitis B viral DNA, AFP alpha-fetoprotein, BCLC Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, PLT Platelet, ALB albumin, TBIL total bilirubin, PLR platelet to lymphocyte ratio, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, LT liver transplantation, TACE transarterial chemoembolization